Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud

This executive summary outlines the 'Common Position of Latin America and the Caribbean on Climate Change and Health,' detailing how climate change exacerbates health crises and structural inequalities in the region. It proposes six strategic axes—protection of health, mitigation with health benefits, climate justice, adaptation, health sector leadership, and financing—to integrate public health into climate policy and ensure a just transition.

• Climate change is severely impacting the physical and mental health of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean, worsening effects from extreme weather events, increasing the prevalence of dengue and other transmissible diseases, and causing food insecurity. These impacts disproportionately affect rural, indigenous, Afro-descendant, and marginalized urban communities, where existing socioeconomic inequalities and a history of nature exploitation overlap.
• The region faces significant gaps in climate health preparedness: only ten countries have evaluated the vulnerability of the health sector and eleven have adaptation plans. Furthermore, most universities in the region do not include the link between climate change and health in their undergraduate curricula, and the health sector's participation in climate decision-making remains marginal.
• Climate financing for health in the region is insufficient; only 11.6% of projects funded by the Green Climate Fund in Latin America and the Caribbean include explicit health benefits. Additionally, there is limited budgetary allocation for health-focused climate measures within national Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (n.d.). Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SP-Executive-Summary.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud. n.d. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SP-Executive-Summary.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliancendposicin, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SP-Executive-Summary.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }